REBELLION IS AS WITCHCRAFT

byGeneral Deborah
Green

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Welcome
to another Wisdom's Cry
Message. You know that we are living in a
time, we are living in a generation when the
majority of those claiming they are
Christians are walking, living, and acting in
rebellion. I said we are living in a
generation where the majority of those who
claim that they are followers of the Most
High
God, who claim that they are born again, most
of them are living in rebellion. "How could
you say that? I go to church." Sure, you go
to church, but what do you do in between?
And what do you even do when you're there?
Where is your heart? Do you keep your heart
upon the Lord or do you keep your heart upon
the world? Do you love the things of the
Lord or do you love the things of the world?
There are so many Christians these days who
think they can wallow in the world all week
long, even on Sunday, wallow, wallow, wallow,
wallow, then they come and give God one hour
and think He should fall down weeping at
their feet. That is the Spirit of
rebellion

God doesn't owe us anything. I said, GOD DOES
NOT OWE US ANYTHING! It is only by His mercy
that we have been given the privilege to name
His name. It is only by His mercy that we
are
not bowing down to sticks and stones. It is
only by His mercy that we are not running
around with bones in our noses and animals
skins on us, worshiping the sun and the moon.
It's only by His mercy that we are redeemed.
When we get the idea that God owes us
something, we are in the Spirit of rebellion.
And rebellion rules this age. The Bible
says that rebellion is a sin that is as the
sin of witchcraft. I would dare say tonight,
and I do not take it back, that at least
eighty five to ninety percent of Christian
churches are operating in the Spririt of
witchcraft. And why are they under the
Spirit of witchcraft? Is it because they
lack Bibles? No! Is it because they've never
heard the name of Jesus Christ? No! Is it
because they have not had somewhere in their
kindreds of faith sound instruction? No!
It's because the people and the pastor have
gone into rebellion.

We are living in a generation where people
can spit in God's face and think they are
justified. Recently, there has been a book
published by someone that has had a long
career in religion. In his book this person
was making the confession that they were
wrong. In fact that was the name of the
book, "I was wrong." Now the point I'm
getting to is this; after being punished by
the world, after being stripped of a massive
religious kingdom, after being revealed as a
fraud, a liar, cheat, homosexual, and
adulterer, the person finally admits, "I was
wrong." But the point is that during the
whole time this man was building his gigantic
religious "club' he was in rebellion. Yet
the Christians were lapping it up, eating it
up, and sucking it up as if it was delicious,
as though it was wonderful, as though it was
full of God's life, and all the while it was
death! What we need to realize is that it is
very easy to get into the biggest hurrah
party there is, we can be saying, "Amen
brother", we can be saying, "Hallelujah", we
can be saying, "Oh yes, it's God, it's God",
and all the time it's the spirit of
rebellion. We are feeding a spirit of
rebellion! This whole country went whoring
after this man. They said, "This is the
greatest thing that has ever happened. This
is the most beautiful work of God. Look at
how God is blessing him. Look at the
millions and millions of dollars that are
being drawn in. Look at how his broadcasting
network is spreading around the world. It's
only too obvious that this is the work of
God." So many Christians joined him in his
lust and greed. And all the while his entire
operation was rebellious against the
principles of God. When we have the Word of
God and we rebel against the Word of God, we
are in rebellion! I don't care if we make
twenty billion trillion dollars, I don't care
if ten thousand lust dogs follow after us or
ten million. It's rebellion none the less.
And when we are in rebellion, we are the
enemy of God. Because it says rebellion is
as witchcraft. And no matter how subtle or
how sneaky or how religiously crafty we can
be, we are still the enemy of God. Amen! We
are the enemy of God, we are not the friend
of God. The friends of God are those that
who obey the Lord. Those who bow down to the
Lord's not their own way.

We are living in a time where men are gagging
on their own way. I remember in the
seventies, it became the "me" generation.
Everybody wanted things for "me", they wanted
to do it "my way", they wanted to do it so "I
was happy". Every thing was "me, me, me",
and "I, I, I", and it's only become worse.
It's only snowballed and now the church is so
blasted weak, that they can't even stand up
against the smallest of sins. They just go
sucking after it. They long to bring in all
the filthy music of the world into the
church. All this nudeness, all this
wildness, pollutedness, and corruptness -
WORLDLINESS! All the churches are full of
these singles groups. Why don't they just
call them "fornication groups". That's all
they are. Rebellion! REBELLION! We are
supposed to keep ourselves unspotted from the
world. We are not supposed to imitate and
emulate the world. When we are born again,
we are meant to be new creatures. Amen? We
are not supposed to continue in the old ways.
We are not supposed to wallow in the filth
of Sodom. We are not supposed to continue in
those things that had us sealed in our sins
and ready for hell. But we are supposed to
be thankful to our God that He gave His Son,
that He gave His Blood, that He gave His Life
that we may be redeemed.

We are living in the most disgusting times.
We are living in times when men are abusers
of God. Abusers of God! Bringing these huge
television sets right into the church so they
can watch sports events. Those houses are
desolate. I said those houses are desolate.
They are not of the Lord. They are not of
the Lord. Eighty-five to ninety percent of
what poses itself as Christianity is
witchcraft. Plain and simple. Turn with me
to First Samuel 15. First Samuel 15, verses
22-23. "And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as
great delight in burnt offerings and
sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the
Lord? Behold, to obey is better than
sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of
rams." God wasn't even interested in
their so called abundance, He was not
interested in their great sacrifices. He was
talking about the necessity of obedience. I
do not read one point where it said that
Jesus had a huge praise center or that Jesus
had five cadillacs, three houses, six vacation
homes, an airplane, His own TV show, His own
radio talk show. I don't read that one time
in here. Jesus came and walked among the
poor. I said, He walked among the poor.
Jesus came and did the will of His Father,
and Jesus came in His triuphant entering into
Jerusalem on an ass. He didn't come on a
white stallion with a chariot. He didn't
come in kingly clothes with a huge train
floating behind Him, followd by a company of
servants. No, He came meek and humble. Born
in a manger, raised up in a poor man's house.
They mocked Him saying, "Can any good thing
come out of Nazareth?" No. But Jesus came
out!

God gave us a pattern. God gave us an
example in Jesus, and when we willingly
follow false teachers, liars, and pretenders,
whoremongers, thieves, and adulterers, when
we willingly choose to follow those
characters as opposed to following the truth
that's in the Bible, we are in rebellion.
Amen? REBELLION! Nobody wants to preach on
rebellion, because everyone's in rebellion.
Did you hear me? Nobody teaches on rebellion
because everybody is in rebellion. "Oh no,
don't try to put me under legalism. Don't
tell me that stuff, that's bondage. Don't
tell me what I can do and can't do. I have
liberties in Christ." That may be true, but
you're not in Christ. You're in Satan. We
only serve one of the two. We either serve
God or we serve the devil. Now if we serve
God, we are going to bend our will, we are
going to obey. We are not going to play
mocker. We are going to be obedient from the
heart. You know when you mock God, you are
going to be mocked. When you scoff God, you
are going to be scoffed. And when you do
fake, hypocritical, sneaky sins, you're going
to find yourself out in the cold. For the
truth remains that when we rebel, we will
receive the consequences. Now, I praise God
that this man who confessed he was wrong saw
the error of his ways after he was chastised
by the world and repented. I say Praise God,
for when a man repents, God forgives. And
I'm not holding anything in the air in
reference to that individual. The point I'm
making is that it doesn't matter how big
somebody's name is, it doesn't matter how
popular they are. It doesn't matter how many
greedy, lusting dogs are following after
them, trying to get some of the prize, trying
to get some of the money, trying to get some
of the lust.

You know a lot of people say, "Well, you just
think you're right. You were probably just
raised right, or you were this or you were
that." You want to know my history? You
don't want to know my history. You don't
know what I fought my way out of, what I
turned my back on. Ha, you don't want to
know. You know why? Because you're not
walking up to the standards God has for you.
"Well I can't give up that sin. I'm weak
there." You know why you're weak there?
Because you want to be weak there. What
about sexual sins? "Well, I can't give that
up." You can't give that up because you
don't want to give that up. You still want
to bow down to Satan in that area. You want
to bow down to that stinking, lying, dog
eating devil that has you held captive, and
you will go to hell with your sins. You are in
rebellion!

We live in a generation where pastors make
excuses for fornication. Now they've gone
beyond that and they make excuses for
homosexuality and lesbianism. "Oh, they're
born that way. Oh they're people too. Oh,
they can't help it." Jesus died to redeem us
from all our sins!!! He didn't die to seal
us in our sins. He didnt' die to seal us in
our sins. He died to redeem us, and when we
scoff that blood and we continue in our sins,
we are mockers in rebellion and we are
operating in witchcraft! Rebellion is as the
sin of witchcraft! Plain and simple. Like
it or lump it, that's the way it is. I am so
sick of weak, simpy, wimpy Christians.
That's all they are anymore, spineless weasel
Christians, whining, sniveling, and moaning
about how they can't overcome sin. Face God
today! Face God, because if you don't face
Him now, you're not going to have another
chance after you die. You say, "Well..." Ha,
the day's are gonna come when God's not going
to put up with your excuses anymore, and
you're going to find yourself in hell, sealed
there for eternity.

First Samuel chapter 15, verse 23, "For
rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and
stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.
Because thou hast rejected the word of the
Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being
king." Let's look at some definations.
Now, what does rebellion mean? Rebellion
means bitterness; bitter provocation. It
means to be disobedient. It means to
grievously rebel against someone or
something. What does witchcraft mean? It
means the magical scroll, a soothsayer to
distribute information for a price. Now what
did I say, 85 to 90 percent of all so-called
Christian churches are operating in
witchcraft. Witchcraft - to distribute
information for a price. The Bible says,
"Buy the truth and sell it not." How
do we buy the truth? We buy the truth by
dying to ourselves that Christ can reign in
us. We die to ourselves that we can have the
truth, that we will become the truth, becasue
we will be living in the Truth. It doesnt'
mean that we say, "You can buy my latest tape
for $29.95. You can buy my latest book for
$59.95." You can buy, you can buy, you can
buy, you can buy!! Witchcraft-to distribute
information for a price.

Have you heard of these big name preachers
and evangelists? "Just write in today, I
have a complete set of cassettes for only
$39.99. You can have ten sermons on vanity,
vexation, and all the other foolishness that
comes out of my mouth, all for only $39.99.
This work can't go on without your support."
Now, is it true? It's true!! They're
selling it and they're calling it the Word of
God. It's rebellion and it's witchcraft.
the bottom line is that we're not supposed to
sell what God gives to us, and we're not
supposed to spend our days in bitterness.
We're not supposed to spend our days in
disobedience. We're not supposed to
grievously rebel against the Lord. We are
meant to bow down unto the Lord and recognize
the Lord as He is, recognize Him as our
Master. We are meant to serve the Lord. We
are meant to go forward in the Lord. WE are
not meant to stagnate and act like retarded
dumb-dumbs, pretending we can't see our sins.
I dont' believe that! I'm still on this
point because I dont' believe people when
they tell me that they don't see their
sins!!! You're a liar! Ha! Your a liar!
They come off with some kind of excuse like,
"I just couldn't see that. I couldn't see
that sin." Well the reason you couldn't see
that sin was because your eyes are so full of
sin, because your eyes are so full of
worldliness, because your eyes are so full of
greed, lust, and covetousness, because your
eyes were so full of yourself. Even if you
are ignorant of certain sins, you've got a
heart, I hope, and you've got a conscience, I
hope. And if you will humbly come before God
and seek Him dont' you think that Christ will
work on those? He does! He does! I can't
even dare to think against the Lord in the
sense that I won't do what He wants, because
whenever I have a thought like that, I can
feel my heart, and my heart begins to trouble
me and it hurts. God will convict us of all
our sins if we will only let Him.

Turn with me to Exodus 22:18. It says, "Thou
shall not suffer a witch to live."
Deuteronomy 18:10, "There shall not be found
among you any one that maketh his son or
daughter to pass through the fire, or that
useth divination, or an observer of times, or
an enchanter, or a witch." It says, "There
shall not be found among you..." 85-90
percent of what pastors pass off as
Christianity today is witchcraft. What is a
witch? Somebody who triggers a spell, an
enchantment, who practices magic, sorcery; a
sorcerer. Is God pleased with witchcraft?
No! What about all these people that keep
watching the Government? Keep watching this,
keep watching that. They pay more attention
to the news than they pay to God. Observers
of times. They're in witchcraft. I said,
they're in witchcraft! What about all these
"Christian singles" meetings? You might as
well call them seduction meetings. Spell
casting, enchantment, they're in witchcraft.
Selling the Word of God, distributing
information for a price. Witchcraft! I said
there is witchcraft in the midst of those
calling themselves God's people.

Second Chronicles 33:6. This is talking
about the evil king Manasseh, "And he caused
his children to pass through the fire in the
valley of the son of Hinnom; also he observed
times, and used enchantments, and used
witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit,
and with wizards; he wrought much evil in the
sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger."
Is God pleased with witchcraft? No! God is
angry with witchcraft. God despises
witchcraft and God despises rebellion.
Suffer not a witch to live. You know years
ago, there was a witch in our midst and God
revealed the witch for who she was. God
judged the witch, and do you know how the
witch reacted? Rebellion and bitterness.
And to this day the witch is sealed in
bitterness. You never hear a glorious report
about how marvelously God is using a witch.
All you hear out of the witch is bitterness.
"They did me wrong, they did me wrong. They
did me wrong, they hurt me." The truth is
that God exposed your witchcraft so that you
could repent and get right with God. If God
exposes our rebellion and God exposes our
witchcraft. He does that because of His
Mercy! He does that because He desires that
we repent, so that we dont' have to burn in
hell for eternity. But if we're so stubborn,
and so sick, and so dull that we want to
continue to rebel against God, then God will
seal us in that. Amen. It's true.

We hear so many spineless, weak Christians
tell us, "I can't overcome." You can
overcome if you have Jesus Christ in you.
When you say you can't overcome your sins
what you are really saying is that your sins
are more powerful than Jesus. You're a liar!
You dont' want to overcome your sins. The
truth is you're comfortable in your sins and
you use them to attract attention to your
disgusting, ugly self. We've been operating
in the ministry of deliverance, which is the
casting out of devils from God's people, for
several years. When we first got saved, we
were never given the knowledge that we could
cast out devils. Although the Bible says you
can and should cast out devils, we didn't
think you could do it unless you were a
minister or something. Nobody taught us
about deliverance so we didn't operate in the
real of deliverance. But eventually the Lord
brought that knowledge to us, which was after
we had been ten years walking with the Lord.
Since that time we have operatated in
deliverance and we've seen all kinds of
people who commit all kinds of grievous sins
in the face of God. And what you come to
find in some people is that deliverance is a
play thing. They think they can go out and
fornicate, commit homosexuality, do all kinds
of weird things and then come crawling back
to God and get deliverance. They think they
can go out and watch pornography or they can
go gamble or they can go tell lies, carry on
with a number of sins, and then they can just
come back to God and get deliverance.

What
these kind of people are doing is playing,
and what God will do is turn them over to a
reprobate mind. Because when you think you
can play with the things of God, you are in
rebellion. God is serious, and God is life
and death. If we want to choose to play
around and play around with the truth of God,
then God will turn us over to our sins. I've
seen so many people who want to offer an
excuse, an excuse, an excuse, and excuse, and
every time their excuses amount to nothing
more than DISOBEDIENCE. There's no excuses
when it comes to God and sin, we just have to
obey Him. And we can obey Him. "Well, I've
got too many demons to obey God." Don't tell
me that one either because I was immoral,
mindless, degraded hippie, and I walked ten
years in disobedience, as far as God revealed
my sins to me, with no deliverance. I no
longer was a fornicator, I no longer was an
adulteress, I no longer was a drug user, I no
longer was a sorceress, I no longer used
magic or spell casting, I no longer was a
thief and a liar, or a preteder or any of
those things, I cried out to the Living God
and He guided me in the way. Don't used the
excuse that you're too demonized. The truth
is that you're rebellious. Tell it like it
is, you're too rebellious. You want your own
way, so you think. You want Satan's way.

From now on, anyone who wants to play the
rebel, you're gonna wear a tag that says, "I
love Satan and I am bowing to him." Because
that's what you're doing, you're bowing to
the devil. You're either gonna bow to God or
you're gonna bow to the devil. There's no in
between! This thing about self-love, this
bit about self-worship, and this things about
idolatry of one's self is nothing but
rebellion which is witchcraft. What does the
witch do? He or she goes around whispering
and backbiting, undermining godly authority
and casting spells. They practice all kinds
of magic and sorcercy. So if you are trying
to get people to be enchanted with you, to
take sides with you against God's annointed
leadership because you dont' like your sins
exposed, then you are in witchcraft. I'm not
enchanted with you one bit, I think you are a
fool. I think anytime you yeild yourself to
the devil you're nothing but a fool. Because
when we have the opportunity to live our
lives for the Living God and we bow down to
the liar, we are being deceived and he's got
plans for us in Hell. Amen

It's true, and it's about time we pull the
blinders off. It's about time that we face
what we are and what we are not. It's about
time that we face the fact that there's only
two masters. It's about time we quit calling
ourselves Christians while we are living in
rebellion and witchcraft. And it's about
time that we start living what we claim we
are. It's about time that we measure up to
what's in the Book, instead of what's in our
minds or what the world is doing or what the
so-called church is doing. It's about time
we square up with God. It's about time we
ask God to cleanse us and free us from
rebellion and witchcraft. It's about time
that we repent and that we continue to walk
in repentance.

"But the cowardly, the
unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the
sexually immoral, those who practice magic
arts, the idolaters and all liars--their
place will be in the fiery lake of burning
sulfur. This is the second
death."